Subject:Trends that you hope will go out of style soon!

Written By:supercuteon05/25/05 at 4:03 pm

OK for me, I'm sorry but its those dang bracelets that everyone in my school sport (& outside of school it seems) Where I live, you can get 3 for a $1 @ Walgreens but still those things are freakin annoying, especially when kids @ school can't even color code their clothes with the right bracelet...Anyway, they make me tick...

Any thoughts ???

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Written By:quirky_cat_girlon05/25/05 at 4:09 pm

are they the ones that are a gummy thick band and have different things inprinted in them....like they have all different sayings on them???

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Written By:Dumb Ass Kidon05/25/05 at 4:15 pm

are they the ones that are a gummy thick band and have different things inprinted in them....like they have all different sayings on them???

AAAAAARGH! They're so gay, they make Elton John look like Mr Straight Champion 2001-2005!!! every f**ker's wearin' them! I can't stand them. What irritates me more is that they started off as a genuine charity money-raising thing, and then some completely money-greedy queer-bashers came along and thought 'hey, that could make us millions', what a bunch of freaks >:(

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Written By:SpaceHogon05/25/05 at 4:15 pm

yep, notice that they are mainly worn in Junior Highschools? Like Whodini sez: the freaks come out at night!

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/25/05 at 4:39 pm

I could do without hip-hop lifestyle trends.

If I had my wishes---

Out of style: gangsta rap, narcissistic hip-hop styles, the 'ho and thug look.In style: Hardcore sedititious hip-hop based on a Marxist consciousness.

Let's gather together and overthrow the empire instead of alienating one another, making money in nefarious ways, and buying a Lexus to show off.

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Written By:danootaandmeon05/25/05 at 4:48 pm

Tongue piercing, what the heck is that all about!?

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/25/05 at 5:04 pm

Tongue piercing, what the heck is that all about!?

Yeah, I could do without all those nasty piercings and tattoos. I've had girlfriends with these accessories. I just cheerfully accept them as I know my preferences are in the minority. My current girlfriend has no tattoos or piercings which is amazing because she's a veteran of the punk scene.I mean, I don't care for them on guys either, but I don't, er, make love to guys! :-*

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Written By:Kyleon05/25/05 at 6:10 pm

Butterfly clips. They were cool in the late '90s, circa 1998-1999, but now it is getting a little to old. I know they are pretty, especially on junior high school girls, but when you get into high school; it's time to grow up.

Same thing with Spongebob. My dad hates it. ;)

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Written By:LyricBoyon05/25/05 at 6:31 pm

Tongue piercing, what the heck is that all about!?

I want to get my privates pierced. I think it would be cool. 8)

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/25/05 at 6:36 pm

Butterfly clips.Ã‚Â They were cool in the late '90s, circa 1998-1999, but now it is getting a little to old.Ã‚Â I know they are pretty, especially on junior high school girls, but when you get into high school; it's time to grow up.

Same thing with Spongebob.Ã‚Â My dad hates it.Ã‚Â ;)

You don't have to be a dad to hate Spongebob, believe you me!!!

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Written By:Alchoholicaon05/25/05 at 6:56 pm

Again i'll add my vote to those freakin bands.. I am gonna color in an elastic band with a biro and scrape HATE EVERYONE in to it.

These bizare kind of half assed mullets people here are starting to have.. they just look a bit odd really.

Guys with Pink shirts!!!!

Sneakers with springs in them.. god they look ridiculous.

I'll agree with tounge piercings. I have several piercings and am gonna get my first tattoo this week or next but tounges are just nasty.

How everyone in England now suddenly loves the inferior 'sport' of Rugby ever since we miraculously won the world cup (and the team has now lost something like 70% of there games).

People over here having NY Yankees enblazoned on everything. I am not jesting here, you will see on an average day, 20 yankees caps per 150 people. I will guarentee that 1 out of 500 of those people will might just know something about the team.It's like.. YOUR BEING EXPLOITED! They are an assclown team filled with a bunch of assclowns.. pick a different team.. god it pains me to say this but.. wear a cubs hat, at least they don't just try and buy the Series.

Godawful car modifications.. HA! The people that put a spoiler and $500 rims on a piece of crap Ford Escort.

I have many more.. but then I am a bitter hatefull person ;D

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Written By:RockandRollFanon05/25/05 at 8:11 pm

I really hate when people wear their pants half way down their backside. It's disgusts me, I just can't stand it. What makes it worse is that these people have belts, but instead of pulling their pants up above their waist and tightening the belt so their pants don't fall down (which was how pants were originally supposed to be worn), they pull their pants down below their backsides and tighten up their belt around their behind so their pants wont fall down any further. It's ridculous. Not only does it look bad, but I just couldn't begin to imagine how uncomfortable it must be to wear your pants down below your backside all day. That is the trend I hope goes out of fashion quick smart. ;D I agree! Sometimes I feel like giving them a whole roll of toilet paper because they look like they have a "Load" in thier pants ::)

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Written By:RockandRollFanon05/25/05 at 8:12 pm

Big SUV's/Trucks with those tiny little tires/wheels on them...I laugh everytime I see one as they look SO stupid ;D

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Written By:Maddie's The Bosson05/25/05 at 8:35 pm

Trucker hats ::)

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Written By:Marty McFlyon05/25/05 at 9:08 pm

Big SUV's/Trucks with those tiny little tires/wheels on them...I laugh everytime I see one as they look SO stupid ;D

I'd say big SUV's period, LOL!

Oh, I'll also go with gangsta rap (it's been around since 1992! I'm surprised they don't think it's "old" yet! Well it's only been the way it is now since '99 or so).

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Written By:danootaandmeon05/26/05 at 5:56 am

Big SUV's/Trucks with those tiny little tires/wheels on them...I laugh everytime I see one as they look SO stupid ;D

Yeah, and then they wonder why they flip over..duh ???

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Written By:SpaceHogon05/26/05 at 8:56 am

White People talking like they were black. People today do not know what a real ghetto was. It was Warsaw. in WWII

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Written By:Sugafaireyon05/26/05 at 9:55 am

Von Dutch.

The beast seems to live on and on.

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Written By:Marty McFlyon05/26/05 at 9:57 am

White People talking like they were black. People today do not know what a real ghetto was. It was Warsaw. in WWII

Thank you! LOL! :)

I was sick of that when Vanilla Ice was around, let alone now (they always overdo it too - no "real" black guy talks close to the extent the white rappers do!).

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/26/05 at 12:20 pm

I would like to know when country music and everything associated w/ it will die. Goodbye Wranglers and nasty cowboy boots ( i wish)

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Written By:Marty McFlyon05/26/05 at 12:24 pm

I would like to know when country music and everything associated w/ it will die. Goodbye Wranglers and nasty cowboy boots ( i wish)

I second that. ;)

Some of it here and there is okay, mostly the ballads. But a few years back, I worked with a few girls who played/listened to nothing but Country - let's just say that completely ruined it for me. Not that I was a big fan anyway, LOL!

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/26/05 at 12:55 pm

I second that. ;)

Some of it here and there is okay, mostly the ballads. But a few years back, I worked with a few girls who played/listened to nothing but Country - let's just say that completely ruined it for me. Not that I was a big fan anyway, LOL!

Well, only a few years ago I was still living at HOME w/ my mom and sister, who insist on putting the TV on CMT if nothing else is on. It drove me insane!!!! Thank God I never have to hear that crap when I'm at school but now I come home and they still watch CMT and I swear the songs are just getting dumber and dumber. Even when a song THEY hate comes on, they won't change that station!!! >:(

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Written By:goodsinon05/26/05 at 12:59 pm

I'd agree with Max on the Gangsta Rap bit. Jailbait chavs (AKA teenage tearaways) in the UK see adults trying to be "ghetto" & copy the dress & actions- the dress ain't a problem, but when teenagers think drugs, robbing people & vandalism is cool, that is. When rap was political, having an "attitude" meant having a social or political conscience, not behaving as anti-socially as possible.

Also, girls with tattoos at the bottom of theirs backs. In my area, it's a very common thing, and it even seems like a bit of a rite of passage to have this done as young as possible, the more years before legal age, the better. It may be to do with the low cut of jeans most people wear, i.e. they feel the need to fill the gap between a belly-top & halfway-down-butt "asssters" (like hipsters, but hang off yo ass rather than yo hips), but sometimes it's not possible to spot a girl in a group without such an adornment. Won't look so good with stretchmarks, kiddies!!

Text speak! You all know the sort of thing....

That bloody Crazy Frog, too...

Like Alc, I could go on for hours. British, bemused & bitter, I am....

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Written By:Marty McFlyon05/26/05 at 1:52 pm

Well, only a few years ago I was still living at HOME w/ my mom and sister, who insist on putting the TV on CMT if nothing else is on. It drove me insane!!!! Thank God I never have to hear that crap when I'm at school but now I come home and they still watch CMT and I swear the songs are just getting dumber and dumber. Even when a song THEY hate comes on, they won't change that station!!! >:(

Yep, that's about how I feel, LOL!

Thing is, I could maybe stand it if it were creative or different, but every song is either, "I changed the hubcaps on my pickup truck," or "My wife took my house" etc. ;D

Every song also sounds the same - unlike rock or pop, which is like tons of sub-categories to choose from.

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Written By:danootaandmeon05/26/05 at 4:26 pm

Von Dutch.

The beast seems to live on and on.

And anyone who knows anything about Von Dutch knows that he would hate anyone who walked aroundwith his name on any part of them, and would be extremely mad about those who sold the rights to his name

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/26/05 at 5:58 pm

Yep, that's about how I feel, LOL!

Thing is, I could maybe stand it if it were creative or different, but every song is either, "I changed the hubcaps on my pickup truck," or "My wife took my house" etc. ;D

Every song also sounds the same - unlike rock or pop, which is like tons of sub-categories to choose from.

Some of the dumbest country lyrics recently:

"I play chicken with the train, play chicken with the train-train...uh-uh-huh"

"Charlie said he wanted to get married. But we were only 10 so we had to wait"

"I ain't as good as I once was....(etc)"

"When I think about cheatin, I just think about you leavin...(etc)"

"What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town"

I promise I wouldn't even know of these songs if I could help it.

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/26/05 at 6:09 pm

I would like to know when country music and everything associated w/ it will die.Ã‚Â Goodbye Wranglers and nasty cowboy boots ( i wish)

I would settle for an end to country musicians and bikers alike rallying around THE BIG BOSS MAN!!!

Shame on Martina McBride, Toby Keith, Charlie Daniels, and Lee Greenwood for becoming shills of the military-industrial complex. If they don't THINK that's what they are, then they're DUPES! ::)

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/26/05 at 6:25 pm

Hey are TV shows considered "trends?" Cuz if so I can't wait for shows like the OC, or Smallville, or One Tree Hill to LEAVE! (even tho i guess they've JUST shown up) Skanky little teeny-bopper soap operas >:( To make matters worse my sister got my mom hooked on them too and now she tapes like every episode of Gilmore Girls and One Tree Hill. It's like they friggin worship the shows.

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Written By:Alchoholicaon05/26/05 at 7:33 pm

I would settle for an end to country musicians and bikers alike rallying around THE BIG BOSS MAN!!!

This Big Boss Man?

http://www.141empire.com/images/bossman_staff.gif

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Written By:RockandRollFanon05/26/05 at 7:36 pm

His name is probably Myron Grumbacker and he has muscles and can read a sccript...oh, and cuss a lot :D ;)

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/26/05 at 10:45 pm

This Big Boss Man?

http://www.141empire.com/images/bossman_staff.gif

No not that BIG BOSS MAN!

http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/wrestling/images/2004/sep30/boss.jpg

THIS BIG BOSS MAN(so to speak)

http://zeus.zeit.de/bilder/orwell/big_brother_250.jpg

Subject:Somebody please fill me in...

Written By:supercuteon05/26/05 at 10:57 pm

Who is the Big Boss Man?

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Written By:Billy Florioon05/26/05 at 11:48 pm

I would reply that I want an end to the "Guido" culture and everything that goes along with it. THe clothes, the hair, the cars and spoilers, the music, the club scenes, the attitude, the whole fakeness aspect.

Also the girl equivlant of college sluts and sorority sluts. Im not sure I could call them human, because due to their increased amount of plastic surgery and cosmetics and syntheticness they are more manaquin than woman. (yeah, it was a Darth Vader reference lol).

Basicly I would like to say that I want all the fakeness to stop.

I would say that.....only then Id have no one to make fun of lol... I mean theyre the subject of the script Im gonna be filming in September, so I dont really want them to end, or Ill have to try and get new material.

But I hate them...dont get me wrong their.

Ive never been called "Bro" so much in my feaken life.

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Written By:Billy Florioon05/26/05 at 11:49 pm

Who is the Big Boss Man?

The one maxwell smart is talking about is the government.

Which is ironic considering Maxwell smart worked for the government on Get Smart lol

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/27/05 at 1:28 am

The ugly guy in the cop uniform is/was a professional wrestler known as The Big Boss Man. He was huge in the early '90s. Not sure now, haven't been keeping up with the pro-wrestling scene!

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The ugly guy in the cop uniform is/was a professional wrestler known as The Big Boss Man. He was huge in the early '90s. Not sure now, haven't been keeping up with the pro-wrestling scene!

Ray Taylor.. who you refer to died a few years ago.

Big Brother is indeed watching but the small acts of Rebellion are fun

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Written By:Dagwoodon05/27/05 at 7:21 am

The whole "Abstinence is cool" attitude.

What's wrong with this attitude?Ã‚Â It protects the kids from disease and unwanted pregnancy.Ã‚Â Pretty good attitude to have in my book.

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Written By:GoodRedShirton05/27/05 at 8:59 am

What's wrong with this attitude? It protects the kids from disease and unwanted pregnancy. Pretty good attitude to have in my book.Could've elaborated more. I was meaning along the lines of: If you abstain from sex you are smart, if you don't you are stupid etc. Might be more of a trend over here, who knows.

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Written By:supercuteon05/27/05 at 10:07 am

The whole "Abstinence is cool" attitude.

Please elaborate more on this ??? I actually have this attitude & so do a lot of my friends right now...why do you want it to go out of style?

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Written By:Indy Genton05/27/05 at 11:02 am

Plastic surgery, definitely.

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Written By:Indy Genton05/27/05 at 11:08 am

I don't think that's what they're saying at all. It has nothing to do with intelligence and everything to do with patience. Most teens that engage in pre-marital sex don't even have condoms or birth control contraceptives. Could've elaborated more. I was meaning along the lines of: If you abstain from sex you are smart, if you don't you are stupid etc. Might be more of a trend over here, who knows.

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/27/05 at 11:44 am

I would reply that I want an end to the "Guido" culture and everything that goes along with it.Ã‚Â THe clothes, the hair, the cars and spoilers, the music, the club scenes, the attitude, the whole fakeness aspect.Ã‚Â

What is the "Guido" culture? ???

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Written By:Alchoholicaon05/27/05 at 2:09 pm

Could've elaborated more. I was meaning along the lines of: If you abstain from sex you are smart, if you don't you are stupid etc. Might be more of a trend over here, who knows.

Errrm.. ok.. not here lol.

THe biggest problem with the whole abstain from sex Bullcrap is that you get these morons telling kids not to have sex, but then don't educate them at all about it. It's a complete cop out, easy way out.

So many that Abstain for so long, eventually do it, and have no idea about protection and can easily end up Pregnant (or be a father) and have lots of lovely diseases.

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Written By:Abercrombie86on05/27/05 at 2:25 pm

1.The current pop music scene.2.Reality Shows3.Celebrity reality Shows4.Electronic music being kept underground(we DO exist!)5.Lifelessness in current electronic music

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Written By:danootaandmeon05/27/05 at 4:38 pm

What is the "Guido" culture? ???

The Sopranos would be a good starting point

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Written By:Bornin87on05/27/05 at 4:49 pm

Trends I would like to get rid of:

-The obsession over "pimping out" your car. I don't need a Playstation and HDTV in my trunk, and I hate seeing people driving around in '89 Honda and Chevy sedans with large shiny rims on them, but the body itself is rusted.

-Guido culture. In my school most guidos tend to wear Armani Exchange, so we call them "A|X kids". I hate Nextel walkie-talkies and I hate tight black muscle shirts.

-"Support our Troops" ribbons. What better way to say "Bush/Cheney '04" without actually telling people, then to put a magnetic yellow ribbon on your car. Personally, I liked the flags on radio antennas trend that took place after 9/11 a lot better...at least until people would leave those tattered flags up two years after the attacks.

-Von Dutch hats, and trucker hats in general. The real Von Dutch was a talented artist who would never have sold out his name.

-Laci/Jacko/OJ/Condit tabloid stories. I thought that the media learned their lesson after 9/11 that more political and world affairs coverage should be included, but they failed to listen. Instead we are treated to one celebrity trial after another, and one dissappearing white suburbanite after another.

-McMansions: Companies like Toll Brothers have been propping up their ugly prefab houses that have some ugly combinations of Georgian/Colonial/Renaissance architecture. Fake front-porches and cathedral ceilings at the front doorway are annoying. At least with real mansions there is a sense of oringinallity, and even with the post-war tract houses of the '50s and '60s there was a sense of modesty in them that gave them integrity. In todays newer suburbs (and older ones if you include teardowns) we have none of that.

Hummers and gargantuan SUVS: I don't hate every SUV out there (Jeep, for example, and the GMC Denali and Cadilac Escalade are pretty cool) but I hate seeing these God-awaful monsters on the road when people don't even need them! THe HUmmer h2 is not only huge, but it's ugly, and was never supposed to be for civilians anyway.

Trends I LIKE:

-Ipods and Ipod culture. If it wasn't for the Ipod, I'd stilling be burning all of my mp3s onto blank CDs. Before the Ipod most mp3 player were clunky and could only play up to a gigabyte of music.

-Blogs and their political activism. Regardless of your political leanings the blogs have given anyone with an opinion or a passion for activism a chance to exercise their consitutional rights of free speech. You no longer have to rely on the mainstream media for news.

-Low-rise jeans and girls getting tattoos on their lower backs. I know some people find them unattractive, but if you're young, I think that we should wear them if you want. I don't want girls to start wearing the higher-waist jeans of the '70's or '80s again, because those were ugly.

-Hybrid cars. I'm glad that we're finally breaking away from regular gas-guzzlers, and are starting to wean ourselves off of oil.

-Narrower glasses without frames. Glasses from the '80s and early '90s were too large and out of proportion, so I'm glad that they come down in size since then. I think that the non-frame glass look cool too, but that's just my preference.

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Written By:NullandVoidon05/27/05 at 4:58 pm

People who can't standfill in non-black race here people who "Talk Black". I want to ask them what the F$%&Ã‚Â is talking black???!!!! Tell me so I'll know please.

People who wear their caps turned to the side and on the BACK of their heads rather than on top.

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Written By:Indy Genton05/27/05 at 5:05 pm

While I agree that people should be educated on sex, i still think it should be up to the parents and not the students. I can't vouch for all families, but I believe sex should be saved for marriage. However, I realize a slight majority (IMHO) get impatient or ticked off with marriage altogether. Abstainence isn't bullcrap, as you say Alcoholica. But those that preach it shouldn't advertise it as a pat, simple solution for birth control. :(THe biggest problem with the whole abstain from sex Bullcrap is that you get these morons telling kids not to have sex, but then don't educate them at all about it. It's a complete cop out, easy way out.

So many that Abstain for so long, eventually do it, and have no idea about protection and can easily end up Pregnant (or be a father) and have lots of lovely diseases.

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Those cars with loud Bass pounding so everyone can hear a thumping noise. if you must have this, sound proof your car so the whole neighborhood doesn't have to hear it

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Written By:GoodRedShirton05/27/05 at 6:16 pm

Alchoholica illustrated my point quite well. (about the abstainence.)

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Written By:Alchoholicaon05/27/05 at 6:29 pm

Those cars with loud Bass pounding so everyone can hear a thumping noise. if you must have this, sound proof your car so the whole neighborhood doesn't have to hear it

About 3 weeks ago i was out in my friends car. He just got a new one and it's pretty nice.We parked up at the gas station and he filled up then walked in to fill up. In went 'Show No Mercy' UP! went the CD Player.

I agree.. if they're gonna play it loud.. PLAY SOMETHING GOOD! Not a freakin noise.

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Written By:Alchoholicaon05/27/05 at 6:33 pm

While I agree that people should be educated on sex, i still think it should be up to the parents and not the students. I can't vouch for all families, but I believe sex should be saved for marriage. However, I realize a slight majority (IMHO) get impatient or ticked off with marriage altogether. Abstainence isn't bullcrap, as you say Alcoholica. But those that preach it shouldn't advertise it as a pat, simple solution for birth control. :(

Actually i think it should be up to the Government. Parents live in a sheltered world in which there children are perfectly safe, as long as they do EXACTLY! what they're told.. this isn't quite true.. lol.You may believe it should be saved for marriage, and telling your kids that is one thing.. However, you tell a 16 year old guy that he CANNOT HAVE SEX! He is gonna bust hump to go and do it.

I agree with your conclusion, THAT! is the problem. It's more to do with Lazy teachers i think.It's not part of there job to teach students about sex.. so they say don't do it.

Phsha, like that's gonna work. In 3 years, we had one.. yes.. ONE! Sex -Ed class.. this was from the age of 13 - 16. The city i live in, Leicester has more Teen Pregnancies that just about any city in the country (per capita). This says something.

I agree. I think you are alluding to the fuddy-duddy moralism and hypocrisy within the "abstinence is cool" attitude. If I elaborate on that, I would wax too political for this side of the board. Suffice it to say "abstinence" is neither cool nor uncool. It's just a good idea. For young people it is the safer choice emotionallly and health-wise. The same is true for adults to a large extent, however, the teenage mind is still physically, mentally, and spiritually maturing. Teens have fewer resources with which to cope with the emotional entanglements that are inherent in sexual relationships. The problem with abstinence education is it relies on "self-restraint," which is not a bad thing. We Americans could do with more self-restraint, especially me! The problem is, "abstinence only" provides only shame and ignorance should your primal urges override your restraint! Maybe the conservatives are right on this one. Before the nefarious 1960s, teens never had sex, and never got pregnant, right? Right! That settles it, next!

I agree about the fake look. It is so sad the way fourteen year olds want boob jobs. It speaks to the ever-narrowing beauty standards we hold. I like breasts of all sizes and shapes. Besides, whatever happened to "true beauty comes from the inside." Feh, that's just something ugly guys like me say to feel better about ourselves, right?

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/27/05 at 8:06 pm

1.The current pop music scene.2.Reality Shows3.Celebrity reality Shows4.Electronic music being kept underground(we DO exist!)5.Lifelessness in current electronic music

If you want electronic music that is lively, not lifeless, I have a couple of links to good places to start your search. Remember, though, this isn't "electronica," this isn't thump-thump-thump music for dance clubs, this is electronic music.http://www.emf.org/http://www.electrocd.comhttp://www.electroshock.ru

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Written By:Everlongon05/27/05 at 11:07 pm

The whole modern culture of 'being an idiot = cool'.

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Written By:GoodRedShirton05/27/05 at 11:14 pm

The whole modern culture of 'being an idiot = cool'.I try not to be an idiot most of the time, but sometimes you can't help it. Especially when you're a 19 year old male. :D

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People who can't standfill in non-black race here people who "Talk Black". I want to ask them what the F$%& is talking black???!!!! Tell me so I'll know please.

Yeah! And try being an African American who doesn't (and never did) "talk black" and having peoplewant to know why. It drives me nuts. Little idiots who ask me why I talk the way I do, or even African Americans who want to know why I "talk white" Jeez, I talk the way my parents do.

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Written By:supercuteon05/28/05 at 11:33 am

I agree.Ã‚Â I think you are alluding to the fuddy-duddy moralism and hypocrisy within the "abstinence is cool" attitude.Ã‚Â If I elaborate on that, I would wax too political for this side of the board.Ã‚Â Suffice it to say "abstinence" is neither cool nor uncool.Ã‚Â It's just a good idea.Ã‚Â For young people it is the safer choice emotionallly and health-wise.Ã‚Â The same is true for adults to a large extent, however, the teenage mind is still physically, mentally, and spiritually maturing.Ã‚Â Teens have fewer resources with which to cope with the emotional entanglements that are inherent in sexual relationships. The problem with abstinence education is it relies on "self-restraint," which is not a bad thing.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â We Americans could do with more self-restraint, especially me!Ã‚Â The problem is, "abstinence only" provides only shame and ignorance should your primal urges override your restraint!Ã‚Â Maybe the conservatives are right on this one.Ã‚Â Before the nefarious 1960s, teens never had sex, and never got pregnant, right?Ã‚Â Right!Ã‚Â That settles it, next!

I agree about the fake look.Ã‚Â It is so sad the way fourteen year olds want boob jobs.Ã‚Â It speaks to the ever-narrowing beauty standards we hold.Ã‚Â I like breasts of all sizes and shapes.Ã‚Â Besides, whatever happened to "true beauty comes from the inside."Ã‚Â Feh, that's just something ugly guys like me say to feel better about ourselves, right?

I couldn't agree more. Look @ it this way. If more of my peers (13+ & I'm 17 next July), abstained from sex & had the correct information, they'd be sparing themselves of heartbreak, emotional confusion that winds up damagaing them, disease, & the obvious: pregnancy. Honestly, I think that hormones & the "mystery of sex" triggers them to "do it", I could be wrong though, but I do believe that this is one definite reason reason why. Throughout my entire high school career (I'm a senior now) I have seen about 10 pregnant girls roaming the halls, w/ most of them dropping out, (I actually knew 2 of them who had their babies & came back to graduate, they were seniors)

I can understand the peer pressure because there is A LOT of it but it also depends on the people you "hang with" in school. If you look @ high schools & the girls who are pregnant, you can tell the environments from which they come. That too plays a big part. My friends & I aren't religious, more "spiritual", but we have our goals & many of us come from very involved families. I understand that all of us may not keep our pledges but I plan to, just because I want to truly love the one I'm with & savor my experience. So in words: I can wait yet I can't wait.

Sorry for such a long post, but maybe that will help clear up a lot of the "question marks" regarding the whole "abstinence is cool attitude".

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Written By:Billy Florioon05/28/05 at 12:40 pm

What is the "Guido" culture?Ã‚Â ???

think the Gotti Boys.

The guido culture is a style that has overtaken many people, causing them all to act, look, and be the same. It's a conforming force and takes away all individualism in a person and replaces it with whatever 50 Cent or Paul Oakenfold says is cool.

These are the people who put on a spoiler that is 12 times too big for their car. These are the people who believe it is important to have expensive rims and a loud subwoofer in their car, because that's what attracts girls. Its a style based purely on the desire to get girls, but here's the problem, its based on falsehoods and fantasy. These "Guidos" are tools to whatever their cultural heroes tell them to do. They repress anything that might make them different from one another and refuse to think on their own. A whole facade of fakeness. I hate it.

Plus they use the term "Bro" a lot.

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Written By:Alchoholicaon05/28/05 at 2:18 pm

think the Gotti Boys.

The guido culture is a style that has overtaken many people, causing them all to act, look, and be the same. It's a conforming force and takes away all individualism in a person and replaces it with whatever 50 Cent or Paul Oakenfold says is cool.

These are the people who put on a spoiler that is 12 times too big for their car. These are the people who believe it is important to have expensive rims and a loud subwoofer in their car, because that's what attracts girls. Its a style based purely on the desire to get girls, but here's the problem, its based on falsehoods and fantasy. These "Guidos" are tools to whatever their cultural heroes tell them to do. They repress anything that might make them different from one another and refuse to think on their own. A whole facade of fakeness. I hate it.

Plus they use the term "Bro" a lot.

We have them here as well.. except they are worse. They wear Polyester Shell Suits (No i am telling the truth) tuck there shell suit pants in to there socks, kit out what you guys would call 'compact' cars and wear several tons of fake gold. We call them Chavs ;D

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Written By:Tanya1976on05/28/05 at 4:28 pm

White People talking like they were black.Ã‚Â People today do not know what a real ghetto was. It was Warsaw. in WWII

A ghetto is defined as a place where poor people are "placed". In addition, it's a place where minorities are allocated (e.g. Blacks, Jews). Therefore, it can be found here in America or any neck of the world. Plus, there's no such thing as talking "black".

How about this one: heavy chicks wearing low-riders and forcing people to see their massive "love handles"? It's called a mirror, get one.

Tanya

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Written By:JamieMcBainon05/28/05 at 7:08 pm

Music being play too loud while diving a car... ::)

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Written By:cancemini2realon05/28/05 at 9:28 pm

Guys walking around with their pants hanging off their butts! Come on! I do not need to see your "tighty whiteys" or your "skid marked" drawers. And Gals who wear tight shirts and showing their midriffs and all those miles of "rolls", come on, ever heard of 24Hour Fitness or Bally's. :o

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Written By:cancemini2realon05/28/05 at 9:46 pm

I'd say big SUV's period, LOL!

Oh, I'll also go with gangsta rap (it's been around since 1992! I'm surprised they don't think it's "old" yet! Well it's only been the way it is now since '99 or so).I live in Houston,Texas and all I see is a sea of Pickup Trucks and big SUV's, and it sucks when you're in a car and can't see over on one of those gas guzzler's. No offense to all the Pickup and SUV owner's, but SUV's are nothing more than fancy-looking minivan's and show only be driven by parents with 20 kids who can't fit them all in a car and Pickup Trucks should only be used in labor-type work such as moving furniture, loading building materials and dead game! Has anyone notice that the bigger those 18-wheeler's are the more wreckless the driver?! >:(

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Written By:RockandRollFanon05/28/05 at 9:51 pm

A ghetto is defined as a place where poor people are "placed". In addition, it's a place where minorities are allocated (e.g. Blacks, Jews). Therefore, it can be found here in America or any neck of the world. Plus, there's no such thing as talking "black".

TanyaGhetto has lost that meaning just as "Gay" used to mean happy and to like "Rainbows" didn't label a person either.....the world is going down the toilet :-\\

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Written By:naaachoon05/29/05 at 1:24 am

i hate when girls go out and think they are perfect but waste $200 on clothes while they come to men for heelp when they need to pay their bills! that drives me insane.Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â Ã‚Â

That happens all the time with my friend and his fiancee. The reason they haven't got married.. and i shi>t you not.. is she is regularly spends several hundred pounds on clothes, make up etc.. you know.. useless sheeshe. I think more than one person has suggested.. she may not be the best person to get hitched to ;D

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Written By:danootaandmeon05/29/05 at 6:58 am

That happens all the time with my friend and his fiancee. The reason they haven't got married.. and i shi>t you not.. is she is regularly spends several hundred pounds on clothes, make up etc.. you know.. useless sheeshe. I think more than one person has suggested.. she may not be the best person to get hitched to ;D

This problem is a two way street gender wise. It seems that spenders know who they can go to to get what they want, it is the ones who are spending who have to put on the breaks and say enough is enough. If she(he) takes off then you are better off. Figure out what she(he) wants, you or the wallet. You may notlike the answer but you are better off knowing. I actually have a very good friend who is like that and she has run through many a mans savings, I can't believe they put up with it, but they did(do). Alot of it is they want tobe the one with the great looking chick. At some point you gotta stop blaming Her(him) and start blaming the fool. Fool me once your the a$$hole, fool me twice I'm the a$$hole. ;)

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Written By:Mergalon05/29/05 at 7:12 am

Yeah I hate those gummy bracelets! They remind me of those bands that are put on those pet store birds. :P We're selling them at work, unfortunately.

What I like--- hybrid cars (they're environmentally friendly not to mention cute looking) smocks/ponchos wedgie shoes dark denim jean jackets brooches oversized purses designed with buckles clothing embroidered with jewels and beads square-shaped gem stone earrings tweed J.Lo-style sunglasses :-[ and I do like those butterfly clips because it's easier to put hair up as opposed to barrettes

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Written By:JamieMcBainon05/29/05 at 9:08 am

Reality shows like The Swan and Fear Factor. ::)

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Written By:Im Batmanon05/29/05 at 1:46 pm

Reality shows, Paris Hilton, George W. Bush

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Written By:Carrieon05/29/05 at 1:55 pm

Girls who dress slutty and show everything (And the clothing companies who make everything short and overly tight)... I know some guys like it, but they really leave little to the imagination and before you know it, they will just be walking around in their bras and panties. It is worse when the girl is too big for those types of clothes as well.

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Written By:Mergalon05/29/05 at 3:12 pm

Girls who dress slutty and show everything (And the clothing companies who make everything short and overly tight)... I know some guys like it, but they really leave little to the imagination and before you know it, they will just be walking around in their bras and panties. It is worse when the girl is too big for those types of clothes as well.

I've got a good figure, but I'm classy enough to leave plenty on for the imagination. And I know this story may sound mean, but after being out one night with a few other girls, we got on a bus that had a large group of people getting on at the next stop including this one girl wearing a really short top, a naval chain, and a major belly, which was so noticeable that we were exchanging smirks.

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Written By:Carrieon05/29/05 at 3:24 pm

And I know this story may sound mean, but after being out one night with a few other girls, we got on a bus that had a large group of people getting on at the next stop including this one girl wearing a really short top, a naval chain, and a major belly, which was so noticeable that we were exchanging smirks.I know what you mean. If that skin showing is a roll, then that shirt is not what you should be wearing. I don't know if people do not have mirrors in their house or if they think guys like it or what... I don't care for the style much anyway, but if you dress in those type of clothes at least make sure you fit in them.

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Written By:Sugafaireyon05/29/05 at 4:01 pm

I know what you mean. If that skin showing is a roll, then that shirt is not what you should be wearing. I don't know if people do not have mirrors in their house or if they think guys like it or what... I don't care for the style much anyway, but if you dress in those type of clothes at least make sure you fit in them.

People should dress to flatter their shape, not FATTER their shape...

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/29/05 at 4:42 pm

I've got a good figure, but I'm classy enough to leave plenty on for the imagination. And I know this story may sound mean, but after being out one night with a few other girls, we got on a bus that had a large group of people getting on at the next stop including this one girl wearing a really short top, a naval chain, and a major belly, which was so noticeable that we were exchanging smirks.

I'll say it once and I'll say it again, the "sexual revolution" only worked for the young and the *beautiful.* Those "hotties" who show it all off are not beautiful on the inside, and that's where it counts with me.

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Written By:Cutie32on05/29/05 at 7:17 pm

I dont no what u think ur talkin bout cuz

THE YANKEES RULE AND ARE NOT A$$ CLOWNS... UR THE A$$ CLOWN FOR SAYING THAT U DIRTY A$$ MF

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Written By:Alchoholicaon05/29/05 at 7:37 pm

I dont no what u think ur talkin bout cuz

THE YANKEES RULE AND ARE NOT A$$ CLOWNS... UR THE A$$ CLOWN FOR SAYING THAT U DIRTY A$$ MF

Ah New Yorks Public School system strikes again

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Written By:Dumb Ass Kidon05/29/05 at 7:43 pm

All this pointless remixing and bootlegging of old 80s records...Recently we've seen 3 (yes 3) remixes/bootlegs taking samples from Boy Meets Girl's original "Waiting For A Star To Fall", Cabin Crew's 'Star To Fall' (Number 4), Sunset Strippers' 'Falling Stars' and the more recent Mylo's 'In My Arms' (Number 18). WHY? Why do they feel it necessary to completely p*ss all over good songs by adding stupid sounds and 'funky' beats to them? Yes, Max Graham vs Yes, I am looking at you... >:(

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/29/05 at 8:44 pm

People who can't standfill in non-black race here people who "Talk Black". I want to ask them what the F$%&Ã‚Â is talking black???!!!! Tell me so I'll know please.

People who say "talk 'black'" would probably mean "talk 'ghetto'" (and yes that's "ghetto" in parentheses). Although I've heard black people who want to claim it as their own, I definitely think its a cultural thing not racial.

On a different note, I have a confession to make.....Well someone at my church got a bunch of clothes from one of her friends who must be rich and doesn't keep clothes longer than a year. Anyway she gave the clothes SHE didn't want to my sister. Last night we were going through them and I found a WHOLE bunch of shirts I liked. Good thing cuz I been growing out (yes I stopped growing up and started growing OUT) of my shirts and I don't have money 2 buy new stuff. So I'm glad I have a bunch of shirts and other stuff that fit me. Problem is....most of them were Gap or Old Navy or similar... :-[ Am I bad? Do yall think accepting hand-me-downs of the despised brand are as just as bad as shopping at the store?

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Written By:GoodRedShirton05/29/05 at 8:55 pm

People who say "talk 'black'" would probably mean "talk 'ghetto'" (and yes that's "ghetto" in parentheses). Although I've heard black people who want to claim it as their own, I definitely think its a cultural thing not racial.

On a different note, I have a confession to make.....Well someone at my church got a bunch of clothes from one of her friends who must be rich and doesn't keep clothes longer than a year. Anyway she gave the clothes SHE didn't want to my sister. Last night we were going through them and I found a WHOLE bunch of shirts I liked. Good thing cuz I been growing out (yes I stopped growing up and started growing OUT) of my shirts and I don't have money 2 buy new stuff. So I'm glad I have a bunch of shirts and other stuff that fit me. Problem is....most of them were Gap or Old Navy or similar... :-I buy around 60-70% of my clothes at 2nd hand stores, most of which are quite expensive brands or clothes that couldn't sell in the shop because they had a button missing or something. I wouldn't say it's bad, although you are "advertising" the brand by wearing their clothes.

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Written By:GoodRedShirton05/29/05 at 8:58 pm

I dont no what u think ur talkin bout cuz

THE YANKEES RULE AND ARE NOT A$$ CLOWNS... UR THE A$$ CLOWN FOR SAYING THAT U DIRTY A$$ MFUmmm.... yep. Kid's these days... ::)

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Written By:Apricoton05/29/05 at 9:04 pm

Why is that it's cool to LOOK poor, but not BE poor? You wear faded jeans, "thrift store" t-shirts, sheeshe like that.. and it's cool, as long as it's from a designer people love.. You pay 60 dollars to look like crap? Hm..

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Written By:GoodRedShirton05/29/05 at 9:08 pm

The trend of people posting threads starting with "Ask <name> Anything!"

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Written By:Todd Pettingzooon05/30/05 at 12:13 am

Other than certain movies, and one or two TV shows, I hate just about everything about this decade.

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/30/05 at 2:54 am

Sex oozing from every pore of our pop culture....

.....especially when there's so little of it coming my way!

Grrrrr! >:( ;)

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Written By:Dumb Ass Kidon05/30/05 at 6:57 am

The trend of people posting threads starting with "Ask <name> Anything!"

God, yeah. They're really starting to get out of hand

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/30/05 at 9:59 am

I buy around 60-70% of my clothes at 2nd hand stores, most of which are quite expensive brands or clothes that couldn't sell in the shop because they had a button missing or something. I wouldn't say it's bad, although you are "advertising" the brand by wearing their clothes.

I'm considering cutting all the tags off so nobody will know ;)*gasp* But how will I know how to wash it!!!

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Written By:JamieMcBainon05/30/05 at 10:32 am

I'm considering cutting all the tags off so nobody will knowÃ‚Â ;)*gasp*Ã‚Â But how will I know how to wash it!!!

Just don't think of removing the "Don't Remove Under Penaltyf Law" tags from mattresses ! ;D

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Written By:QueenAmenRaon05/30/05 at 4:37 pm

Just don't think of removing the "Don't Remove Under Penaltyf Law" tags from mattresses !Ã‚Â ;D

:-[ TOO LATE!

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Written By:JamieMcBainon05/30/05 at 5:43 pm

:-[Ã‚Â TOO LATE!

;D

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Written By:MaxwellSmarton05/31/05 at 4:04 am

Calling tanktop shirts "wifebeaters." I just sited the term in the pages of this months Harper's"Washington's nut-brown skin flushes red beneath a gray wifebeater T-shirt."(p. 62 Harpers, June 2005, David Samuels, "Buried Suns")

I guess it's here to stay! ::)

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Written By:Kyleon05/31/05 at 7:43 pm

People blasting "bubblegum rap" in junky old rusty pickup trucks. That just gets me on my nerves! >:(

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Written By:tvon06/04/05 at 7:38 pm

Those body kits on cars are getting out of hand. Its just too common. I remember Pontiac in the 90's used to get slammed by the automotive press for putting cladding on their cars. Now every tuner buts extra body effects on the previous generation Acura TL, mid to late 90's Civic Coupe, and the current Accord Coupe. Its getting too crazy with the bodykits now. In the 90's it was ok. Now some of the stuff people put on their cars is just downright outlandish.

Baggy Pants: its nice when you are in High School but when you are in your 20's get rid of them. Your time has passed!

Generic gangsta rap! Its been around so long now its time to go!

Women Celebrities or women in general getting out of hand with plastic surgerys. The more work you do to your body the less good you look. Some of these people don't even need surgeries. I could understand if you have a deformaty. Women 18 or under getting implants! Your body is still growing. Wait until you grow till you decide something like that. I am a guy myself and the shape of my face bothered me for years especially in middle school. I finally grew into it and I look good I think(the best I ever looked) and I am 25.